Pocket lighter



Aug. 25, 1931.

H. L. FISCHER POCKET LIGHTER Filed May 25. 1929 .sa llll Illll III. willlll 'lill lfillllllln Illlilllil Illlltllillll Il! Il r/nnlllvllllllllllllllll il Iltrlllflllllia llllllllrlll l l llllllllllllllll All!!Patented Aug. 25, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOWARD L. FISCHER, OFST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN & BIGELOW, OF ST. PAUL,MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA rocxnr LIGHTER Application tiledHay 25. 1929. Serial No. 366,023.

My invention relates to pocket lighters wherein it is designed toprovide a lighter of a very small and compact nature and wherein thestructure is of a simple design,

l making an inexpensive pocket lighter.

means for providing a groove or recess in which the wick of thelighter,may fold when the cap is placed over the same.

In the drawings forming part of this specifieation, Figure 1 is asectional side elevation of my pocket lighter. Figure 2 is a sideelevation of a lighter with the cap removed from the head of thelighter.

Figure 3jis a detail of the upper end of the lighter showing the lowerportion broken away and the cap removed from the head of the same. l

My pocket lighter A is formed of the tubular casing lower member 10which telescopes over the'tubular body casing 11.

Within the body casing 10 I provide a tubular chamber 12 adapted toreceive the lighting flint 13 and which is formed on the upper end withside flanges 14 which are adapted to support the abrading wheel 15 bythe shaft 16. j

Within the lower portion of the tubular member 12 I provide a coilspring 17 which is adjusted as to its tension against the lower portionof the flint 13, by the adjusting screw 18 which is threaded into thelower end of' the tubular member 12.

The outer tubular casing member 10 covers y 85 the lower open end 19 ofthe inner body casing member 11 and covers the head of the adjustingscrew 18, and closes the lower end of the body casing 11.

The body casing 11 forms the chamber for the absorbent cotton or othermaterial such as 20 which is adapted to receive a lighting wick such as21. The end 22 of the wick -21 extends out of the opening 23 in the headportion 24 of the body casing 11 adjacent to A the abrading wheel 15 andthe igniting flint The wick 21 is woven through or extended through fromone end to the other of the casing 11, and imbedded in the absorbentcotton or material such as 20 which is adapted to A feature of theinvention resides in aA onto the end portion 24 of the body casing.

tubular member 11. The head of the body ycasing 11 is closed so as toclose the upper end of the casing excepting the hole 23 where the wickportion 22 comes out, and the tubular member 12 extends out to supportthe abrading wheel 15 and the igniting flint 13.

The primary feature of this invention re sides in the means of making asmall pocket lighter which is operable and which may be provided with asufficient portion of wick extending from the casing so as to make aquick and easy light where the spark is directed to the same. Toaccomplish this I provide a recess 26 which has a broad flat nature asindicated in Figure 3 so as to provide a recess into which the wick isadapted to extend to prevent the wick ends such as 22 from being pinchedbetween the side of the head 2'4 and the cap 25 when the cap is placedover the head portion 24. This recess may be formed in any suitablemanner so as to provide a channel into which the wick end 22 may easilyfold as illustrated in Figure 1. This is very important in this type ofpocket lighter because the dimensions are verysmall and unless the wickis turned over this way into the recess when the cap is, placed on thesame, it will be necessary to crowd it over toward the abrading flintand wheel 15 vand` thus the proper air gap between the two for ignitingthe wick would not be provided.

I have found that this recess is of extremeimportance in the making of asmall pocket lighter with the dimensions of such a small nature as toprevent the free and quick lighting of the wick end 22. By thisstructure, where the recess is provided, the wick will light quicklyowing to the fact that it is always folded down into the groove orrecess 26, thus not pinching the wick between the thereto so that thever cap 25 and the head 24 and permitting the same to be easily removedand always folding the wick down away from the lighting Hint, permittingit to be-closely associated srnall dimensioncd lighter may be provide Ifthe recess 26 is not provided in this type of a lighter, the 'Wick willbe inclined to be pinched between the head 24 and the cap 25 and thus itwill be very hard to remove the cap 25, and the lower portion will hepulled 0H of the body 11 rather than the cover or cap 25 being easilyremoved, so that the lighter can be readily lit.

The recess 26 therefore provides a very important feature of this pocketlighter and a lighter with small dimensions is provided Which is verydesirable for carrying in the pocket, taking up only a small amount ofroom and yet providing all of the essential details of a pocket lighterin a simple, inexpensive and attractive manner.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described my pocketlighter, and while I have illustrated a particular formation andconstruction of the same, I desire to have it understoodthat the samemay be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than thoseabove set forth, within the scope so of the following claims:

1. A pocket lighter, including a body p0rtion, a cap to close one end ofsaid body portion, a wick carried by said body portion, a Hint closelypositioned to said wick and a recess in said body portion into whichsaid wick is folded when said cap is placed over the same.

2. A pocket lighter, including tubular casing members, one providing thebottom of said lighter, the other providing a cap for the same, anabrading wheel positioned in said bottom member, a sparking flintadapted to be abraded by said Wheel, a wick in close roximityto saidHint in said bottom memr, and a recess for said wick in said bottommember into which the wick folds when said cap is placed over saidbottom member.

3. A pocket lighter, having a small body portion, a sparking Hint andabrading wheel carried by said bod portion, a wick in close roximity tosaid fllnt projecting out of said dy portion, a recess in said bodyportion adjacent said wick into which said wick is adapted to fold, anda cap for coverin said wick and Hint, holding said wick fol ed in saidrecess away from said Hint.

4. A pocket lighter having a tubular body portion, a sparking Hintcarried on one end of said body portion, an abrading wheel for SaidHint, a wick adjacent said Hint adapted to project out of said bodyportion, a recess formed on'the outside of the tubular body portionadjacent said wick for receiving the projected ortion o'f said wick, anda cap for covering t e end of saidbody portion to fold said wick intosaid recess when said cap is moved into closing position on said bodyportion and to draw said wick by friction out of said recess when saidcap is removed.

5. A pocket lighter, includin a bod portion, a cap for covering one enof said1 body portion, a Hintland abrading wheel carried bysaid bodyportion, a wick adjacent to said flint and abrading wheel and projectingfrom said body portion, a recess in said body portion for receiving saidprojecting portion of said wick, said cap acting to fold the projectingportion of said wick into said recess when moving in closed position andto draw said wick out of said recess automatically when removed fromsaid body portion.

HOWARD L. FISCHER.

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